Correspondence between +Levame to +McQuaid regarding the Bishops meeting for the Province of Leinster, which is held on the Wednesday of Low Week. There is also discussion on the subject of Emigrants. An Episcopal Committee has already been established and includes the Archbishop of Tuam and the Bishops of Raphoe, Ferns and Kerry. As for the Apostolatus Maris in Dublin, the Catholic Seamen’s Hostel is administered through City Quay parish and a Vincentian father also attends regularly as Chaplain to the special work of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul which has care of the hostel.

Letter from +Joseph Walsh, Archbishop of Tuam, to +McQuaid, stating he will be unable to attend the Liturgical Reception as he has to be in Westport on that day.

Letter from +Philbin to +McQuaid regarding the meeting between the Bishops and the University Presidents. He mentions the date not being suitable for the Archbishop of Tuam. Annotated by +McQuaid. 1 item

Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid inviting him to dinner at the Nunciature in honour of Cardinal D’Alton. The President has agreed to attend and he hopes the Archbishops of Tuam and Cashel will do likewise. He enjoyed his time at Clonliffe the previous day and was glad to have met the Parish Priests of the Diocese.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from + Joseph Walsh, Archbishop of Tuam. He has taken up the case with the Dept. of External Affairs and the Parish Priest and hopes there will be a satisfactory result.

Includes; letters from convents in Ireland responding to a circular requesting information about their foundations from Rev. Mother, South Presentation Convent, Douglas Street, Cork. Letters giving details of the beginnings of the foundations; who helped fund the foundations, the kindness of benefactors, social conditions and circumstances of the local people; the poverty which they encountered, how the material needs of the children were provided for, how the convent and school buildings began, sometimes the Sisters and classrooms were in temporary buildings until suitable buildings were built; at times Sisters moved from existing convents to establish new foundations, sometimes the Sisters remained in the new foundations and at other times these Sisters returned to the convents from which they originally came when a sufficient number of new Sisters were trained as many women from the local areas saw the needs and joined the Congregation; reports of how the Sisters travelled; the connection with the local bishops and clergy is mentioned; Sisters are aware of the need for a publication on the ‘Life of Nano Nagle’; they express interest in the Cause of Nano Nagle and their wishes for her beatification, they are enquiring about the cost of the book and considering how many copies they will be able to afford to purchase; Sisters send best wishes to the Sisters in South Presentation Convent, Cork, Sisters who have visited South Presentation Convent, Cork, express their gratitude for the hospitality which they experienced there, the number of Sisters in the Communities, mention of the lay Sisters and the number of students in schools are given.
Letters came from the following Presentation convents in Ireland; Bagenalstown, County Carlow, 23 February 1926, Ballingarry, County Tipperary, 19 November 1925, Baltinglass, County Wicklow, Cashel, County Tipperary, 14 December 1925, Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, 19 November 1925, Castleisland, County Kerry, 20 November 1925, two letters from Carlow dated 20 November 1925 and 20 June 1926, Clonmel, County Tipperary, 23 October 1925, Clondalkin, County Dublin, 25 November 1925, Crosshaven, County Cork, two letters dated 16 November 1925 and December 1925, letter from Dingle, County Kerry, 21 December 1925, a photograph of the convent and the church, typed pages from the Annals from 1829 to 1866, Doneraile, County Cork, 16 November 1925, Drogheda, County Louth, 16 and 21 December 1925, photograph and note from the convent in Dundrum, County Tipperary, 23 November 1924, letter from Dungarvan, County Waterford, 28 November 1925, letter and notes from Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Fermoy, County Cork, 10 November 1925, also gives information on the foundations made in Tasmania and New Troy, New York, George’s Hill, Dublin, 16 November 1925, Galway, 28 January 1926, Kildare, 19 November 1925, notes on Kilcock, County Kildare and the missions which were founded from there, Killarney, County Kerry, 17 November 1925, Kilkenny, 12 January 1926 mentions Durrow and Kilmacow also, Limerick, 7 December 1925, Lismore, County Waterford on 16 November 1925 , mentions Sodalities, Evening Classes and opening of the Secondary School, lunches for pupils, Lixnaw, County Kerry, 19 November 1925, Maynooth, County Kildare, 25 November 1925, Maryboro’ Queen’s County, Midleton, County Cork, 19 November 1925 mentions Archdeacon Hutch and the secondary school, Millstreet, County Cork, , 5 December 1925 includes notes which mention music classes and the welfare of the poor children, Milltown, County Kerry, Mitchelstown, County Cork, 8 December 1925, includes notes on its foundation, music rooms and music lessons are mentioned, Mullingar, County Westmeath, 14 December 1925, Portadown, includes three letters dated 27 September 1925, November 1925 and November 1925 mentions that this convent was a transfer of the Sisters from Granard, mentions evening classes for the girls working in the factories and makes a request for suitable postulants. Rahan Tullamore, County Offaly, Rathmore, County Kerry, 29 November 1925, 22 November 1925, Gerald Griffin Street, North Presentation Convent, 19 November 1925, Tuam, County Galway, December 1925 includes an account of the foundation, Terenure, Dublin, 19 January 1926, Thurles, County Tipperary, 8 January 1926, Tralee, County Kerry, 1 December 1925, Waterford, 18 November 1925 , 8 July 1929 and 2 November 1929 mentions the photograph of the convent but no photograph is included, letter from Wexford including photographs of the convent, and letter from Youghal, County Cork dated 17 November 1925.

Includes; letters from Dean MC Swiney, Carrigaline, dated 23 November, to Rev. Mother 1876, mentioning Thurles; letter Mr. Neville, from Catholic University of Ireland, 86 Stephens Green, Dublin, to Rev. Mother, dated 25 June 1882, mentioning the altar and the bonds and shares; letter from M. Agnes, North Presentation Convent, Clarence Street, to Rev. mother, dated 22 April 1883, letters from Sr. M. de Sales, Castleisland, County Kerry, written in 1908; letter from Fr. Peyton, to Rev. Mother, dated 17 May 1954; letters from Sr. M. Patrick, George’s Hill, Dublin to Rev. Mother, concerning the establishment of a Branch of the Standing Committee for the Conference of Convent Primary Schools, in Cork, dated April and May 1962; note from Sr. M. Aloysius, Fair Street [Drogheda, County Louth], to Rev. Mother dated 24 February 1972; telegram from Nellie and Jim to Sr. Ita for her feast day; letter from Sr. de Lourdes, St. Louis Convent, Carrickmacross, to Sr. Kieran, dated 20 December 1977, letter from Sr. Therese [Browne], Presentation Convent, Youghal, to Rev. Mother, dated 20 October 1953; postcard which has a picture of the Presentation Convent, Tuam, County Galway , from Mary of the Sacred Heart to Rev. Mother M. de Sales; letter from M.C.McHugh, C.S.S.R. , Marianella, Orwell, Road, Dublin, to Mother, dated 14 December 1959, in which he appreciates Father T. J. Walsh’s book on Nano Nagle; and letter from James Bastible, St. Patrick’s Church, Lower Road, Cork, to Mother Agnes, dated 27 September 1969, he appreciates the work of the Sisters in Cork Polio; letters from Presentation convents- Crosshaven, Thurles, Tralee, Midleton, concerning the draft of the new constitutions, letter from Sr. M. Agnes, Turner’s Cross, to Fr. Meenan, dated 5 November expressing delight to know that he is a direct descendant of Nano Nagle; letter from Fr. Anthony Boran, OFM .Cap, Provincial, Capuchin Franciscan Friary, Church Street, Dublin 7 to Rev. Mother dated 11 March 1975, concerning papers pertaining to South and North Presentation Convents; letter from Antionette Cogan (Brownie Leader), 20 Alexandra Villas, St. Luke’s Cork, to Rev. Mother , dated 5 December 1979, thanking her and Sr. Rosario for their time and co-operation during their recent visit; and faded photocopy of a letter dated 2 July 1801 giving an account of the Sisters.

This record is part of the list of all the missions preached by the Passionist Fathers in St. Patricks Province (Ireland and Scotland), from 1927 up until 1965. It is just an electronic list with no physical counterpart. It has been made available to aid research into the Passionists.

Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid, marked Confidential. He encloses a copy of a letter he is sending to Cardinal D’Alton and the Archbishops of Tuam and Cashel in relation to Fr. Edward Lodge Curran, a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn who is due to visit Ireland where he wishes to give a number of open-air public addresses. The priest is persona non grata in many American Dioceses. He had visited Ireland previously and addressed several public meetings. Fr. Lodge Curran claims there was never any objection to these by the Irish Hierarchy. He wishes the Cardinal and Archbishops to inform their Bishops. Annotated by +McQuaid stating ‘The address was given in O’Connell Street without my knowledge. I should never have allowed it’. See item 483.

Copy of a typed letter to + Tuam from +McQuaid. External Affairs were in touch with him about passports of the two 14 year old girls. He has asked the Department to be very severe in this matter.